CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Luis Rey Velasco

August 12, 2023–January 28, 2024

East Building, Level B, Photography Gallery 1 (Julian T. Baker Jr. Gallery)

Luis Rey Velasco (b. 1969) creates evocative photographs that capture labor histories, cultural traditions, and everyday people. This exhibition features works he executed between 1998 and 2005 that compellingly portray members of farm worker communities in California and North Carolina.

Dutch Art in a Global Age

Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

September 16, 2023–January 7, 2024

East Building, Level B, Meymandi Exhibition Gallery

Ticket purchase required; free with membership—reserve beginning August 3

In the 17th century, Dutch merchants sailed across seas and oceans, joining trade networks that stretched from Asia to the Americas and Africa. The unprecedented movement of goods, ideas, and people fueled the economy and sparked an artistic boom.

Dutch Art in a Global Age presents highlights from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with an innovative thesis. Arranged thematically, the exhibition explores the intersections among art, commercial networks, and colonial expansion. The presentation features paintings by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Gerrit Dou, Jacob van Ruisdael, Rachel Ruysch, and other celebrated artists. These pictures are complemented by six important paintings from the NCMA’s Dutch collection, exquisite decorative arts in silver and ceramics, and superb impressions from the MFA Boston’s world-renowned print collection.

Exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh, 1632, oil on panel, 29 × 21 15/16 in., Promised gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art; Photograph: © 2023 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston